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Yale Pathology Residency Training Program

August 13, 2026

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  • 00:04I think there's really a
  • 00:05great sense of pride in
  • 00:07our training program. We've been
  • 00:09around for many decades and
  • 00:10we've produced many exceptional pathologists,
  • 00:13many of whom stay on
  • 00:14as faculty here at Yale,
  • 00:16including myself.
  • 00:17Residents at Yale are not
  • 00:19here just to focus on
  • 00:21succeeding through a very
  • 00:22demanding training program, but also
  • 00:25they do feel they belong.
  • 00:27We have a really incredible
  • 00:28group of faculty who are
  • 00:30international
  • 00:31and national leaders in their
  • 00:32fields. They supervise our residents
  • 00:35one on one,
  • 00:36and so you're really training
  • 00:37with the best when you're
  • 00:39here at Yale.
  • 00:40A lot of the faculty
  • 00:40members
  • 00:42are very, very funny, especially
  • 00:44during sign out, and I
  • 00:45think that just builds more
  • 00:47kind of like this camaraderie
  • 00:49and this very close bond
  • 00:51that allows you to ask
  • 00:52questions, to learn, to train,
  • 00:54train, and to actually, you
  • 00:56know, receive feedback.
  • 00:58So the other thing that
  • 00:59really makes our training program
  • 01:01excellent is we have a
  • 01:02really outstanding breadth of material
  • 01:04to train with here at
  • 01:04Yale. We have a huge
  • 01:06volume of cases and a
  • 01:07diverse variety of cases in
  • 01:09addition to outreach and consult
  • 01:11and the psychology material that
  • 01:13we diagnose every year.
  • 01:15I knew that the program
  • 01:16had, like, a very strong
  • 01:18curriculum.
  • 01:19It had a very strong
  • 01:20AP side. It had a
  • 01:21very strong CP side.
  • 01:23And it just called to
  • 01:25me. It was
  • 01:26part of what I wanted
  • 01:27out of a residency program.
  • 01:30Our residents have a great
  • 01:32variety of opportunities to get
  • 01:33involved in research and present
  • 01:35their work. We have more
  • 01:36than seventy clinically active faculty
  • 01:39across anatomic and clinical pathology.
  • 01:42They routinely present at national
  • 01:44and international
  • 01:47meetings our residents get to
  • 01:48go to is the United
  • 01:49States and Canadian Academy of
  • 01:50Pathology
  • 01:51annually. And we're always well
  • 01:53represented there. One of the
  • 01:55things that I really appreciate
  • 01:56about Yale is how accessible
  • 01:59research opportunities are from the
  • 02:00very beginning.
  • 02:02We have opportunities across the
  • 02:04spectrum from basic science to
  • 02:06translational and clinical research.
  • 02:09And I think what that
  • 02:10makes all of that possible
  • 02:12is really mentorship.
  • 02:14Because early on in residency
  • 02:15you are paired with a
  • 02:16faculty mentor,
  • 02:18but you are never limited
  • 02:19to just one. And when
  • 02:21your interest evolves, you are
  • 02:22encouraged to work with other
  • 02:23faculties that are leaders in
  • 02:25the field and they are
  • 02:26invested in your success. I
  • 02:28think one of the big
  • 02:29things in addition to what
  • 02:30I've already mentioned are really
  • 02:32the combination of exceptional training
  • 02:34you can get in our
  • 02:35program across both anatomic pathology
  • 02:37and laboratory medicine.
  • 02:39That's quite unique about us,
  • 02:41because we have really dedicated
  • 02:42faculty in both areas who
  • 02:44are focused and have the
  • 02:45resources to be working in
  • 02:46both those areas.
  • 02:48And the way the lab
  • 02:49medicine training is built,
  • 02:50highly engages our residents in
  • 02:52that area just as in
  • 02:54anatomic pathology.
  • 02:58I love living and working
  • 02:59in New Haven.
  • 03:00It's a highly walkable city
  • 03:02that affords me the opportunity
  • 03:04to do many different cultural
  • 03:05experiences. There's always something that
  • 03:08you find that is fun.
  • 03:10There's always something to do.
  • 03:12I feel like having this,
  • 03:14you know, outside of work
  • 03:16experience with your fellow residents
  • 03:19and also with maybe another
  • 03:21attending,
  • 03:22or maybe the fellows
  • 03:24is really nice. It gives
  • 03:25you a little bit more
  • 03:27life,
  • 03:28you know, it it makes
  • 03:29it feel more alive.
  • 03:30And it was that sense
  • 03:32of community and that sense
  • 03:33of belonging and that long
  • 03:35term investments in one another
  • 03:38that really set this program
  • 03:39apart for me. I think
  • 03:40personally I can say that
  • 03:42there's really no greater reward
  • 03:43than ushering in and supporting
  • 03:45the next generation of pathologists
  • 03:47and watching them grow and
  • 03:48thrive,
  • 03:49over the course of their
  • 03:50training.